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Patent Claim Interpretation After Markman: How The Federal Circuit Interprets Claims , John M. Romary, Arie M. Michelson Aug 1997

Patent Claim Interpretation After Markman: How The Federal Circuit Interprets Claims , John M. Romary, Arie M. Michelson

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


1996 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit , Michael L. Leetzow, Jeffrey A. Berkowitz, Kenneth E. Horton, Robert L. Burns, Lionel M. Levenue, Maria L. Maebius Aug 1997

1996 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit , Michael L. Leetzow, Jeffrey A. Berkowitz, Kenneth E. Horton, Robert L. Burns, Lionel M. Levenue, Maria L. Maebius

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Information Commerce Under Contemporary Contract And Copyright Principles , Stephen P. Tarolli Jun 1997

The Future Of Information Commerce Under Contemporary Contract And Copyright Principles , Stephen P. Tarolli

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Inventors Of The World, Unite! A Call For Collective Action By Employee-Inventors, Ann Bartow Jan 1997

Inventors Of The World, Unite! A Call For Collective Action By Employee-Inventors, Ann Bartow

Ann Bartow

While technological innovation is often lauded as the cornerstone of the American economy into the next century, and both governmental and private observers ponder with fascination and some trepidation the ability of U.S. companies to reach and sustain high levels of innovative productivity, very little attention is paid to actual inventors. This article is one effort to draw attention to the importance of employee-inventors, the people who conceive and develop the inventions that American corporations rely on for growth and profitability. Though it is universally accepted that skills gained by an employee in the course of his employment belong to …


Do Your Means Claims Mean What You Meant?, Jeffery N. Costakos, Walter E. Zimmerman Jan 1997

Do Your Means Claims Mean What You Meant?, Jeffery N. Costakos, Walter E. Zimmerman

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

The authors review recent decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerning "means claims" in order to provide practical guidelines and reduce the confusion surrounding 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6.


Indigenous Self-Determination In An Age Of Genetic Patenting: Recognizing An Emerging Human Rights Norm, Kara H. Ching Jan 1997

Indigenous Self-Determination In An Age Of Genetic Patenting: Recognizing An Emerging Human Rights Norm, Kara H. Ching

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Remedies At The Intersection Of Intellectual Property And Contract: Toward A Unified Body Of Law, Maureen A. O'Rourke Jan 1997

Rethinking Remedies At The Intersection Of Intellectual Property And Contract: Toward A Unified Body Of Law, Maureen A. O'Rourke

Faculty Scholarship

As society continues to move "on-line"' and technology advances in fields such as biotechnology, a paradigm shift is occurring. Investors are focusing less on asset valuations based on the physical goods owned by a particular firm and more on the value of intangibles-the information and know-how possessed by the firm and embodied in its intellectual property rights. Firms and even entire industries have grown up with the primarily paper assets of patents and copyrights.